Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Where to start with this kind of X problem
On Saturday 25 July 2009 21:31:22 Harry Putnam wrote: Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: How can I have all these module problems but have no trouble booting as my regular user? It must be something else causing the error? I'm not understanding why one user can startx but not another on the same hardware and same .initrc file. Whooops ... I mislead any prespective readers. It turns out even my regular user cannot startx. Its been a while since I left X or rebooted so I just assumbed the regular user could still startx. NOT SO... I see several x11 related items were installed recently in updates. reader qlop --list|grep ' Jul '|grep x11 Sat Jul 4 08:22:29 2009 x11-misc/util-macros-1.2.2 Sat Jul 4 08:23:25 2009 x11-proto/inputproto-1.5.1 Sat Jul 4 08:23:37 2009 x11-proto/dri2proto-2.1 Sat Jul 4 08:24:04 2009 x11-apps/xfs-1.1.0-r1 Sat Jul 4 08:24:25 2009 x11-libs/libXinerama-1.0.3 Sat Jul 4 08:29:53 2009 x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-1.6 Sat Jul 4 08:41:05 2009 x11-proto/glproto-1.4.10 Sat Jul 4 08:50:49 2009 x11-libs/cairo-1.8.8 Sat Jul 4 08:54:21 2009 x11-libs/pango-1.24.3 Sat Jul 4 09:40:38 2009 x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.1.902 Sat Jul 4 09:42:44 2009 x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.2.2 Tue Jul 14 08:22:54 2009 x11-libs/pango-1.24.4 Tue Jul 14 11:19:40 2009 x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.2-r1 Some of them matching the things I got errors about.. kbd input and 2 versions of the full server itself. I don't see that you rebuilt the kdb, nv and mouse X drivers -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
[gentoo-user] Re: Where to start with this kind of X problem
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: How can I have all these module problems but have no trouble booting as my regular user? It must be something else causing the error? I'm not understanding why one user can startx but not another on the same hardware and same .initrc file. Whooops ... I mislead any prespective readers. It turns out even my regular user cannot startx. Its been a while since I left X or rebooted so I just assumbed the regular user could still startx. NOT SO... I see several x11 related items were installed recently in updates. reader qlop --list|grep ' Jul '|grep x11 Sat Jul 4 08:22:29 2009 x11-misc/util-macros-1.2.2 Sat Jul 4 08:23:25 2009 x11-proto/inputproto-1.5.1 Sat Jul 4 08:23:37 2009 x11-proto/dri2proto-2.1 Sat Jul 4 08:24:04 2009 x11-apps/xfs-1.1.0-r1 Sat Jul 4 08:24:25 2009 x11-libs/libXinerama-1.0.3 Sat Jul 4 08:29:53 2009 x11-misc/xkeyboard-config-1.6 Sat Jul 4 08:41:05 2009 x11-proto/glproto-1.4.10 Sat Jul 4 08:50:49 2009 x11-libs/cairo-1.8.8 Sat Jul 4 08:54:21 2009 x11-libs/pango-1.24.3 Sat Jul 4 09:40:38 2009 x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.1.902 Sat Jul 4 09:42:44 2009 x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev-2.2.2 Tue Jul 14 08:22:54 2009 x11-libs/pango-1.24.4 Tue Jul 14 11:19:40 2009 x11-base/xorg-server-1.6.2-r1 Some of them matching the things I got errors about.. kbd input and 2 versions of the full server itself. Has anyone else noticed problems with X in recent updates? I'm backing up xorg-server to pre 1.6.1.902 to see it that does any good but have a hunch it will involve more reinstalls than that.
[gentoo-user] Re: Where to start with this kind of X problem
Harry Putnam rea...@newsguy.com writes: I'm backing up xorg-server to pre 1.6.1.902 to see it that does any good but have a hunch it will involve more reinstalls than that. Seems to have cured the problem... now able to start multiple X sessions on different displays
